What it's about: In Scotland's remote Shetland Islands, Detective Jimmy Perez investigates when an English fashion designer and her family find the body of a local nanny hanging in their barn -- and it doesn't look like suicide. On the personal front, Jimmy gets some life-changing news.

Series alert: This is the "splendid" (The Guardian) 8th and final entry in the compelling, atmospheric series that inspired the award-winning TV series Shetland. Newcomers to the series may want to start with the 1st book, Raven Black.

What happens: Set in 1980, this 13th series entry finds Dr. Siri investigating a murder involving human remains, a possibly corrupt local judge, and wild animal trafficking; he also helps a friend smuggle a movie camera (that neither knows how to operate) into the country in order to film an adaptation of War and Peace.

Read it for:the eccentric cast of characters, the well-drawn setting, and the delightfully snarky humor mixed with thoughtful insights.

What it is: a cozy mystery set in a small town and peopled with characters readers will grow to know and love.

What happens: Assisting a police investigation after witnessing an intentional hit-and-run, Briar Creek, Connecticut, library director Lindsey Norris is further drawn into the case when a stack of library books is found in the trunk of the stolen car that was used in the crime.

Read this next: If you enjoy this 9th Library Lover's Mystery, check out Miranda James's Cat in the Stacks mysteries or Eva Gates' Lighthouse Library Mysteries.

Starring: sardonicHollywood ghostwriter Stewart “Hoagy” Hoag, who's working on his latest book in Connecticut with his basset hound, Lulu.

What happens: Hoagy and Lulu try to help Hoagy's ex-wife with a blackmailer while she plans a benefit performance to save a fabled summer playhouse -- but they're all soon involved in a murder case.

Series alert: This is the 10th in a series that, until last year's The Girl with Kaleidoscope Eyes, was on hiatus for 20 years -- even though time has passed for us, Hoagy and Lulu are still living in the no-iPhone '90s.

What it's about: In 1916, while trying to investigate two cases involving the same asylum, Constance finds her controversial career on the line -- it's an election year for her open-minded Sheriff, who might lose his job.

Did you know? Like other books in the Kopp Sisters series, this 4th one is deeply rooted in history and based on the fascinating real-life Kopps.

What it is: A brilliant new work of suspense from "the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years." (Washington Post) From the writer who "inspires cultic devotion in readers" (The New Yorker) and has been called "incandescent" by Stephen King, "absolutely mesmerizing" by Gillian Flynn, and "unputdownable" (People), comes a gripping new novel that turns a crime story inside out.

What it's about: Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who's dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his life - he surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuries, beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again, he takes refuge at his family's ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the garden - and as detectives close in, Toby is forced to face the possibility that his past may not be what he has always believed.

What it's about: It's Autumn, six years after the events of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and Elizabeth and Darcy are happily married with two sons -- but their estate is thrown into chaos after Elizabeth's sister Lydia arrives, announcing that her husband has been murdered.

What happens: Rev. Max Tudor, the handsome, unmarried Anglican vicar in Nether Monkslip (who's also a former MI5 officer), investigates when overbearing Wanda Batton-Smythe is found dead at the Harvest Fayre.

What happens: Near Halloween, a black-clad figure appears on Three Pine's village green...and a murder occurs. Sûreté du Québec's Armand Gamache investigates in this novel dealing with conscience and secrets.

Series alert:Glass Houses is the 13th in the introspective Three Pines mystery series. New readers should start with the 1st book, Still Life, as each book builds on the others. Current fans will be happy that the 14th entry, Kingdom of the Blind, comes out at the end of November.

Try these next: mysteries by P.D. James, Donna Leon, and Ann Cleeves.

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